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On Raikes Parade, in Central Blackpool
What it's like at FY1 4EY: every home that has sold on Raikes Parade since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Raikes Parade; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 2, 3, Raikes ParadeTerraced | Dec 2015 | £120,000 | 32 m² | £3,750/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Raikes ParadeTerraced | Apr 2026 | £173,000 | 191 m² | £906/m² | 2 |
| 9, Raikes ParadeTerraced | Mar 2008 | £144,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Raikes ParadeTerraced | Jul 2025 | £90,500 | 155 m² | £584/m² | 2 |
| 15, Raikes ParadeTerraced | Nov 2018 | £90,000 | 29 m² | £3,103/m² | 2 |
| 19, Raikes ParadeTerraced | Feb 2000 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, 21, Raikes ParadeFlat | Dec 2009 | £250,000 | 40 m² | £6,250/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Front Flat, 23, Raikes ParadeOther | Aug 2025 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Raikes ParadeSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £145,000 | 172 m² | £843/m² | 2 |
| 29, Raikes ParadeSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £186,000 | 180 m² | £1,033/m² | 1 |
| 31, Raikes ParadeSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2019 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Raikes ParadeFlat | Apr 2002 | £43,000 | 111 m² | £387/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 37, Raikes ParadeOther | Aug 2023 | £263,500 | 49 m² | £5,378/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 39, Raikes ParadeSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £134,000 | 95 m² | £1,411/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 39, Raikes ParadeSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £225,000 | 105 m² | £2,143/m² | 1 |
| 41, Raikes ParadeSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £106,000 | 187 m² | £567/m² | 1 |
| 43, Raikes ParadeSemi-detached | May 2015 | £160,000 | 212 m² | £755/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is North Station tram stop, about a 10-minute walk (650 m). The nearest rail station is Blackpool North, 700 m away, with 2.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Hornby Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 3); 54 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
59% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 77% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Mary's Catholic Academy, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 41.5 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Frozen Food, 600 m away, with Amins Convenience Store closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South King Street Medical Centre (300 m), with Everest Pharmacy - South King Street the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Alistair's is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 2.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 59% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 122 restaurants and cafés and 27 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Salvation Army is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Raikes Hall the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (57 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 701 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 45% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Town Centre, Raikes Hall).
There are 15 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (53%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 80% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Harold Larwood Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Talbot & Brunswick Sports Barn (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Bispham, 3.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 55 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 73 km.
59 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Synagogue | II | 180 m |
| Blackpool Citadel and Winstone House | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Blackpool South constituency: Chris Webb MP (Labour), since May 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,848 (19.5%), turnout 45%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 16%, Green Party 3%.
12 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near FY1 4EY →
Many neighbours rent: 60% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 33 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 9 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.0% | 90.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 21.9% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.8% | 0.6% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 59 min
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